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Wildlife management

on August 26, 2025

Introduction Open Analytics often receives requests to visualize and summarize data from multiple data sources in a user-friendly way. Most of these projects result in in-house applications, while projects for governmental institutions typically result in publicly available web applications. A nice example is faunabeheer.inbo.be, developed for the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) and the Agency for Nature and Forests (ANB) responding to questions from (local) authorities, land managers, hunters, researchers, journalists, citizens and farmers.

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Affordable Shiny app hosting for 500 concurrent users

on August 19, 2025

Cloud providers are no longer just offering traditional x86-based servers, ARM-based servers are now becoming a serious alternative. And for good reason: they’re often far more cost-effective and power-efficient than their x86 counterparts. For instance, we found a provider offering a server with 16 virtual cores and 32 GB of RAM for just €30 per month. To be realistic, most providers charge between €100 and €200 per month for such a server.

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ShinyProxy 3.2.0

on July 8, 2025

We’re happy to share that ShinyProxy 3.2.0 is now available. This release focuses on a range of small but meaningful improvements aimed at making ShinyProxy easier to use. Debugging issues is now easier than ever, thanks to clearer error messages and improved error handling. The documentation has been extended with more background information (allowing you to better understand how ShinyProxy works) and additional troubleshooting information. During the last months, we’ve noticed that the adoption of ShinyProxy has been rapidly growing.

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Hash-tag baby

on July 3, 2025

Introduction Naming a baby can be a difficult task. It can take - soon to be - parents quite some time to align on a name they both like. Afterwards it can also be challenging to keep the name a secret until birth. If you are lucky, there might be some close friends or colleagues who are simultaneously expecting a child. It can be an unique occasion where you can share experiences.

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